Machine for use in making baskets or other receptacles.



110. 810,270. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1900.

J. EK-LUND & 11 L. WALKER. 111001111111 FOR USE IN MAKING BASKETS 011OTHER REGEPTACLES.

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I I J. EKLUND & E. L. WALKER. MACHINE FOR USE IN MAKING BASKETS OR OTHERREGEPTAGLES.

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J. EKLUND & E. L. WALKER. MACHINE FOR USE IN MAKING BASKETS OR OTHERREGEPTAOLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16. 1903.

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No. 810,270. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

UND & E. L. WALKER.

MACHINE FOR USE IN MAKING BASKETS OR OTHER REGEPTAGLES.

J. EKL

APPLICATION FILED N0V.16.1903.

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J, EKLUND & E. L. WALKER. MAUHINE'POR USE IN MAKING BASKETS OR OTHERRECEPTACLES APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1903,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed November 16, 1903. Serial No. 181,295.

To ctZZ whom it may concern;

Be'it known that we, JOHN EKLUND, a resident of St. Joseph, Berriencounty, Iilichigan, and Enos LWALKER, a resident of St. Louis. in theState of Missouri, citizens of the United States of America, haveinvented a certain new and useful lmprovementin Machines for Use inMakingBaskets or other Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to machinery for the manufacture of baskets ofthat character in which the bottom consists usually of an oblong stripof wood with rounded ends and in which the vertical Walls of the basketconsist of outwardly-inclined sides extending lengthwise of the basketand of rounded or curved and outwardly-inclined ends, both the top andbottom portions of the. oblong basket thus constructed being reinforcedor bound together by correspondingly-shaped circumferentially-extendinghoops.

Broadly considered, our invention contemplates the provision ofmachinery whereby baskets of this particular type may be con-- structedin an improved and economical manner, the vertical walls of the basketbeing first constructed on an annular or truly-circiilar form and theunfinished basket being" then given the desired oblong form by simplypressing the oblong bottom down into the bottom of the band-likestructure thus pro vided and by then suitably securing the lowermarginal or edge portions of this band-like structure in place upon thestraight sides and the rounded ends of saidbottcm piece.

More specifically considered, our invention contemplates a machinehaving a rotary and axially shifting form-that is' to say, a form whichnot only rotates automatically during the process of making the saidcircular bandlike structure, but which also has an automatic'axial shiftduring such rotation, th rotation of the form being-necessary inorder toreduce the flat strips of material to the desired circular and band-likeform, but the automatic axial shift of the form being with respect tothe marginal curvature of the blanks from which the band-like structureis constructed, this curvature being necessary in order to give thefinished basket the desired shape-that is to say, in order to give thebas ket a level top and bottom and outwardly ing' or inclined walls.

As another feature of improvement our invention contemplates theprovision of a friction-feed for obtaining an intermittent rotation ofthe form, said feed consisting practic ally of a loose connection whichhas suflicient friction or tension to rotate the form when the latter isnot positively held against rotation, but which is capable of yieldingand allowing the frictional surfaces .to slide one upon the other when apositive obstruction or stop device is interposed at the proper time forstopping the rotation of the forms The frictional power-transmittingconnection thus provided for rotating the form when combined with theautomatic stop device operates, as stated, to give the form theintermittent rotary inovemcnt necessary in the process of reducing theblank material to band-like form.

Our invention also contemplates the proviv sion of certain details andfeatures of improvement tending to increase the general service- Iability and efficiency of a machine of. this par ticular character. Y

The nature and advantages oi our invention will, however, hereinaftermore fully appear."

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machineembodying the principles of our invention. Fig. 21s a plan of themachine shown in Fig. 1., the stapling mechanism being broken away forthe purpose of more clearly showing the rotary. form and adjacent parts.Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the upper portion of the machine shown inFig. 1, the stapling mechanism being broken away, as indicated in Fig.2. Fig.3is a diagrammatic view illustrating the curved line along whicheach row of clench-blocks extends, assuming such line to have beenreduced to a horizontal plane, and illustrating the necessity for socombining the staplingmechanism,

with the form that the same capable of relative shift in the directionof the axis of the form. Fig. i is a vertical on a larger scale, throughthe rotary forinand the upper portion of the body-frame and showing thestapling mechanism in elevation with certain upper portions broken away.Fig. 5 is a'perspective of the slightly-flaring circular bandlikestructurewhich constitutes the'iinished product of our improvedstapling-machine.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the finished and completed basket, the samebeing composed of the said banddike structure reduced to ob I long formby the insertion of the oblong bottom piece; Fig. 7 is a side elevationof the ,structureshown in Fig. t, 'illustratingthe slight'curvaturewhich the-structure is given in order that the finished basket may have*the'desiredform and which necessitates the slight automatic axial shiftwhich the form is given'during its rotation and showing also the flaringnature of thisbandflike structure, q thls flare belng also necessary 1norder to give the finished basket the'desired shape. 'Fig. 8 1s aperspective of two of the'curved and connected blanks from which thestructure shown in Fig. is constructed. Fig. 9 is a detail section online 9 9 in Big. 1 on a larger scale and illustrating a stop or lockingdevice for holding the form against rotation while the staples are beingdriven, and showing also the the last-staples are driven.

tripping device by which the lock is preventjed from unlocking'or-releasing the form when sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of thelmproved frictional-feed or power-transmittingdevice by which the formis rotated and which cooperates with the automatic stop or 5 ..1 rotarymovement on the part of the form, and"showing alsothe-weightdevice-which is locking d'evicein producing an intermittent l providedfor constantly and yieldingly opposmgElQngitudinal-shift on. the part ofthe shaft IJn-con'uhction with a'l'ollengaging the. camuponwhich theform is mounted, and which,

li l';"e"};in i' fiiCe. of the t'orm, constitutes themeansfprproducingthe automatic axial shift" of the, form during itsrotation: Fig! 11 is an enlargedouter endview of the rotaryform.

f i Fig 12 isadetail sectionalviewjonline12 12 in Big. 11. Fig. 13isanouter face view of fthe inner and larger section -ofltheyrotaryform. Fig. 1a isa detail sectional view on line 14: lain Fig. 1-3. I

.1 As thus illustrated, our improved-stapling machine formaking thepeculiar band-like structures which are useful in making a par.-

ticular form of basket and which when em- .bodied' in suchbasketsconstitutes the sides and ends thereof, may comprise an upright frame orbody A of any suitable or desired construc- .ISO

tion, but preferably of'such a character as to provide suitable bearingsfor thevarious r0 tary and operative parts. and of a height to supporttherotary form in a suitably-elevated ,position, it beingunderstood'that it'i's desirable and preferable to have the machine of 5such character that the operator may stand upright while applying ormanipulating the.

blank material upon the rotary forin, Thereciprocating head 18 can bejigaounted in theus'u'al manner upon the uppcivendiof avertically-reciprocating rod Z), yvhich extends downwardly and connects,by ineanspiapits man t, with a crank 6 carried 'ldya' rotary power-shaftbi. The treadie tfo'fthe usual form is provided for operatingffthe'clutch mechanism 6", which latter can beef any suit 5 able known orapproved constructiomit being Fig. 10 is a detail eioe'io understoodthat the said shaft is drivenor rotated constantly and that thefoot-lever and clutch mechanism are necessary-in order that the operatormay re'adilystart and stop the machine. .When the clutch is closed, therotation of the shaft reciprocates the head B,

which latter in turn then operates the staple drivers andformersinvolved in the stapling mechanisms G and D, which latter canalso be of any suitable known or approved construction. The wire X, fromwhich ,the staples are to be made, can ,be'fed to the staplingde- .vicesin the usual and well-known manner.

and can be given an intermittent feed through the medium of thefeed-rolls X, which latter are rotated upon the upward movement of thehead B, by means of a pawl or dog X engaging a ratchet-wheel on theshaft of the upper rolls. These features that is to say, .the treadleand clutch mechanism for'starting and stopping the machine, the staplefo'rming and driving devices, and the wire-feeding devices.are allfeatures which are old and well known in the artto which our inventionre lates' and which do not therefore need any description, and for thesame 'reasonthese features-have not been illustrated in detail in thedrawings.

Qne of the principal features of our inven tion consists of the rotaryform E, which ismounted upon a horizontally-disposed shaft e, and whichis composed oftwo annular or wheellike sections e and e the outer andsmaller sections 6 being located directly beneath the stapling mechanism(1, while the inner and outer section 6 is located directly below the 1stapling mechanism D. Both of these sections (if-the for-m E are keyedor otherwise rigidly mounted upon the shaft e, so as to rotate therewithand when viewed in a direction parallel with the axis of rotation areannular orcircular in form, as shown in Figs. 3, l1, and 13.

The periphery-of each section is beveled,

so to speak, so that when combined and (mounted .on the shaft, as shown,these two sections, in efiect, provide an outwardly-tapering form onwhich to construct the circular but upwardly and outwardly flaringband-like structure shown in'hig. 5.- The sectioh e is.

, cumferential surface of the form, and which consists of a hook apivoted to the form at 6 This book is made in two sections, which areadapted to slide. relatively'one upon the-other and are held normallytogether by the spring The books at the upper end of the desitters vicecan be raised hi J grasping the handle (2 and when the overhangingportion of the hook is allowed to bear down upon the veneer or othermaterial the spring a then holds it tightly in place. ln this way-thedevice is adapted to effectively. clamp and hold the veneer or othermaterial tightly'upon the ,pe-

riphery or circumferential surface of the form.

The 'inn'er'section e is provided with a pair of pivoted arms and 6',having their outer ends arranged to work 1n ,slots in said section a.

. Theseouter end portions when the veneer or other material is appliedto the circumference of the form bear against the inner or 'top edge ofthe structure shown in Fig. 5, and by pressing upon their inner endsthese arms can then be employed for disengaging or remov- 'ing theband-like article or structure from the form. This pressure can beapplied in any suitable manneras, for example, by providing the outerends. of the shaft e with the'sliding handle portion c and byprovidingthis handle with rods 'or projections e, I adapted to extendthrough-openings in the form-section efand engage the ends of the leversor arms a and e". Springs c "'can be employed for holding said armsor'levers in theirnormal positions; and in the arrangement shown thesearms or levers can be easily operated and the finished band thrown fromtheform by simply pressing on the handle e The outersection e ispreferably provided erting a certain amount of grip or clamping.pressure upon one corner of, the veneer or blank material. The devlce cis provided with a screw, as shown, whereby itcan be adjusted withrespect to difierent thicknesses of material. in other words, the device(2 assists in determining the position of the material on the form andsimply 'providesa re .cess into which one corner of the material can beinserted.

Referring toFi'g. 2. it will be Seen that the form is concave on itsinner face, the surface being curved in one direction only, and thepointof maximum depth of the'concavity occurring along the lineextending through the axis of the form and intersecting the points onthe form where the ends of the two blanks shownin Fig. 8 are locatedwhen placed upon the form. Thus each circumferential row ofclench-blocks in the form extends along a curved or rregular line, whichline,-if flattened out and reduced to a level plane, would have theappearance of the line shown inFigBf. I Thus the completed bandlikestructure is higherat the points 1 1 when the sides of a split ringviewed from the side, as shown in Fig. 7 than at the points 2 2, wherethe ends of the blanks meet. This, as explained, is necessary in order'that the band-like structure when lengthened out and reduced to the formshown in Fig. .6 may, in effect, provide the basket with a level top andbottom and with flaring side end walls.

The blanks shown in Fig. 8 are necessarily curved, so that the basketshown in Fig. 6 may have a level top and bottom, notwithstanding thefact that its sides and ends'incline outwardly. Hence inasmuch as theform is preferably truly circular in form and characterized' by auniform bevel or outward taper throughout its circumference it isdesirable, therefore, that the inner face of the form he of thecharacter described or at least that the lines along which theclench-blocks are located be curved or varied somewhat from straight ordirect lines, so as to permit the staples and hoop portions 3 ,4: to,follow as, much as possible the curvature or general trend of the edgesof the blanks.- Such being the case it is necessary with stationarystapling devices to provide some means for shifting the form axially andautomatically during its rotation,

so asto insure having each clench-block moved o a position directlybeneath the staple-driver with which it is to cooperate in driving astaple. This can be accomplished in various ways face of the form, thesaid roll being suitably mounted in hearings on the body-frame. Thisroll as the form rotates will through the medium of the irregularor.cam-like inner face of the form cause the shaft 0, upon which theform is mounted to move longitudinally as, for example, by providing aroll F, adapt ed to engage the curved or cam-like inner in its bearings,and to thereby keep the clench-blocks rotating directly beneaththestaple-driversp In order to make it impossible for the form to leave theroll, a weight may be provided and arranged in such manner that it willtend constantly to move the shaft 6 in a direction to cause the form tobear tightly against the said roll. As a simple and effectivearrangement the said weight can he hung upon an arm secured to the lowerend of the circular yoke g, which lat ter is pivoted at its upper end tothe frame or body A. The said: yoke, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1,can be provided at its sides with slots g adapted to receive the pins gon This split ring g is adapted to engage the groove or channel in acollar g which is secured rigidly upon the shaft L. As the arm (1projects toward the front of the machine the tendency of the weight, asstated, is to pull the shaft rearward in a direction to keep thecam-like track provided by the curved or concave inner face of the formpressed tightly against the roller 1*. Thus as the shaft rotates itshifts longi- -..tudina1ly and in a manner to successively bring thecl'ench-blocks directly beneath the staple-drivers;

It is desirable to provide some means for insuring an accurate andproper disposition or arrangement of the veneer or blank materlal uponthe form, and to such end I provide a guard'or guiding device-H, whichis prefbearings on the body-frame. or guiding device is, it will beobserved, so formed and constructed as to properly and erably mountedupon an oscillatory shaft h,

whichlatter is in turn mounted in suitable The said guard accuratelyguide the veneer or blank material onto the form and is provided with ahandle 7L, whereby the said shaft k can beioscillat'ed or rocked fer thepurpose of raising the guard or guide away from the form-fas, forexample, when the'completed structure' is to'be removed from the form. Aspring device if, consisting of acoil-spring adapted to bear upon an armextending-fromthe shaft it, may beprovided for holding the guide orguard in its normal or'operative position. It will be observedpthat thisguard or guiding device can be made of sheet metal, providing upper andlower walls and also side walls whereby to accurately and properlyguidethe material onto the form.

The shaft k is preferably providedQwith a coil-spring k ',WhiCh, inconjunction-with the of the form, so as to preserve at all times-thethus alternately holding it against rotation accurate and proper feedingof the blank ma-' terials to the rotating form. The said roller it isadapted to engage thepam-like track or surface provided by theconcavity-0r curved inner face of the form in the same manner that thissurface is engaged by the roller F.

In this way the spring k and the said rollerit are adapted to cooperatein preserving the.

proper relation between the rotary 'formand the guard or guiding deviceH.

The form is desirably held positively'against rotation during thedriving ofthe staples, and

hence it has an intermittent rotation, the staples being driven whilethe form is'stationary and'the form then being released and rotated for,say, one-twelfth of its'circumference in order to bring the next pair ofcleinch-blocks into positionto receive and clench the next or succeedingpair of staples. .Any suitable arrangement can be employed forautomatically locking or unlocking the formfand for and releasing it.For exampie, and as more clearly shown in Fig. 9, a vertically-arrangedlocking member I can be so disposed .in the last staples the pine end isadapted to engage the notched periph ery of the wheel or disk ion theshaft 8.. This notched wheel or disk 2' is rigidly secured to the shaftsin any suitable manner-and isprovidedwith a plurality of notches i, asshown.

These notches are arranged to correspond in .number to the numberofclench-blocks-prm vided on each section of the form, it beingpreferable, also," to have these notches in line with the saidclenchl-blocks. The vertically-reciprocating locking member or dog I iscarried by the vertically-re ciprocating head"B and. is thus adapted tomovements of the head and to move-up and staplewdrivers.

ever, through the medium of a coil-spring '17, adapted to be compressedbetween a collar v1 rise and fall'withtheupward and downward 'downsimultaneously withthe movement of the This locking member or 10% I'isyieldingly connected with the head, howon the said vertically disposedand reciprocating memberI and the lowersu rface of the head B; Thus eachtimethe headdescends the staple-drivers move downward in unison with the1 ward pressure of the staple-drivers: The dog or locking member I movesdownward only far enough to engage the bottom of a notch in the disk,and the head B- then completesthe downward movement necessary for the'driving of the staples, the spring z' thereby being slightlycompressed. Upon rising the red hand-lever is, it will be observed,pivoted to the top of the dog or locking member I, and

the shoulder t" is held normally against said locking member 'bytheaction of the spring 1 i. in this way the said head B in rising not 0nlylifts the staple-drivers andsta'ple-forme'rs intotheir normal positions,but also lifts the" 1'10 dog or locking member T out of engagement withthe notched wheel 2', thereby releasing the shaft 6 and allowing it togive the form a partial rotation. The hand-lever is 'prov vided with apin a, adapted to be engaged by i the upper, end of the bell;crank lever17, which is pivoted one frame. The lowerand shorter armof thisbell-crank lever is adapted to' be engaged by a pin?) on a rotaryratchet-wheel 71 This wheel is mounted in suitable bearings on the frameand is adapted to be intermittently rotated by a pawl 71, carried by thehead BA The number of teeth with which the ratchet wh'eel 5 is providedcorresponds to the number of notches in the wheel 7; and to the numberof clench-blocks in each section of the for m.- Consequently uponthedriving of the is caused to strike the lower arm ofthe lever i therebythrowingthe shoulder 5 out of engagement with the head B. rear of thestapling'mechanism that its lower 1 In this way the means for operatingthe took- 40 similar pulley m on the shaft Z2 pulley M is securedrigidly upon the hub poring device for locking the "form against rota'tion is automatically tripped and rendered inoperative upon the drivingof the last Staples, so that .the head B in then rising cannot cause thelocking device to release the form. In other words, after the laststaples are driven the locking mechanism is'then automaticallytripped-for the purpose of enabling it to retain the form in its lockedcondition. The handle i can be employed for manually restoring thelocking device to its normalvided with a layer'or plate of steel orother like material 1'. The loose and keyed members thus constructed areclamped face to face by means of the clamping plate or ring.L, which,engages the member J, and by means of the screws or bolts Z, whichlatter bind the parts K and L firmly together. The belttion of the loosemember J, and consequently this loose member is rotating constantly re.-gardless of whether the shaft 6 is rotating or not. The connectionbetween the pulley M and the shaft Z1 may consist of a belt m extendingaround said pulley and around a Thedegree of friction between themembers J and K necessary for driving the shaft ecan be regulated bymeans ofthe adjusting-screw extending through the keyed member K andbearing against the back of the steelplate k. In this way the rotationof the shaft 6 not only operates the stapling mechanism, but also,through the medium of the frictionclutch device thus provided, rotatesthe shaft (2, but only when this shaft is not held against rotation bythe locking member or dog ll. As stated, the member J is rotatingconstantly; but owing to the friction-existingbetween this member andthe member K the shaft is rotated instantly as soon as the dog orlooking member l is moved out of engagement with the notched disk orwheel '11. A friction-feed of this character is simple and positive inaction and enables the machine to run at high speed. In other words, theproper feeding action is insured regardless of the speed at which themachine is running, and in this connection is obvious that this featureof our inventionthat is to say, the friction- 'feed-c an be employedwith various kinds of these materials are secured firmly in place on theform by means of the devices e and '6 previously described.- The lever bis thenv depressed, thereby causing the shaft]? to re:

tate. The rotation of this'shaft is immediately communicated'to thestapling mechanism through the pitman 6', and the vertically-vreciprocating rod 6 and the head B and the first pair of staples havingbeen driven the dog or locking'd'evice I then releases the shaft 6,allowingthe frictional clutch device to partially rotate the said shaft.The rotation is of course then interrupted at the proper time by thedownward movement of the locking member I, so as to hold the succeedingpair of elench-blocks on the form in position to-receive the second pairof staples. Thus the form is held against rotation each time a pair ofstaples is driven through the material and clenched by theclench-blocks, and the stapling devices are then elevated simultaneouslywith the unlocking or releasing ofthe shaft 6, thereby allowing the formto have the necessary rotation during the intervals between the driv-.

ing of the staples,'and, as previously stated,

the belt-pulley N rotates constantly during the making'of theband-likestructure of which the sides and ends of the basket arecomposed in thecompleted form and as long as the op erator keeps his foot on the leverb. As soon as the staples are driven and the form is held againstfurther rotation in the manner previously stated the completed structurecan be thrown off the form by'pushing on the handle 0 With furtherrespect tothe irregular trend ofthe lines along which the clench-blocksare arranged it will be seenthat this necessitates a combining of thestapling mechanism and form in such manner as to permit relative shiftbemally operative we of course rnean that this frictional connection,which, as stated, is in the nature of a friction-clutch, is normally andat all times during the use of the machine in condition to transmitpower from the driving shaft to the shaft on which the form is mounted.Preferably, the arrangement involves a What we claim as our inventionisl. stapling-machine comprising a rotarly form mounted to shift axiallyduring its ro- 4s forming and-driving devices.

power-driven member, a rotary form, a positive stop device for the form,and two frictional connections or friction-clutches intermediate-of thedriven me'mbera'nd the rotary form. One of said frictional connections,as v explained, is manually operated and normally open 'ori'noperative,while the other isnormally operative or-closed.- This arrangement isexceedingly simple and efficient and makes it possible to dispense withthe use of certain "ob ectionable forms of power-transmittingconnection. In other words, a continuous ro- Z tation of the drivingshaft is converted into an intermittent motion on the part of the formby intermittently presenting a positive res stance to thepowertran'smi-tted through the frictional connection on the upper shaft.By L thus intermittently resisting the transmission of power through thefrictional connection to the form -shaft we are enabledto dispense withcertain objectionable devices, as heretofore stated, and in addition weare enabled to provide a'machine which may be run atsurprisinglyhi'ghspeed with absolute certainty of action and withoutdanger of breakage.

p nd-means for automatically pr d i the axial shift.

2. A machine for'makin'g band-like article s, comprisinganinterrnittently-rotated forin' mounted to shiftaxially during itsrotation and means for automatically producing the axial shift. 4 3."Astapling-machine, comprising an 'inl ttermittently-rotated form providedwith two rows of clench-bloc'ks, each row extending circumferentially ofthe form in an irregular line, suitable staple forming and drivingdevices, said form being mounted to shift axially duringits rotation,and means forautomaticallyproducing the axial'shiftwhereby the saidclench-bl'ocks are successively pre-' sented in proper position beneaththe staple 4. A machine for making band-like articles slightly higher'attwo opposite points than at intermediate points, comprising a rotaryform provided with a plurality of clenchblocks, the said clench-blocksextending circumferentially of the form in an irregular line,

suitable staple forming and driving devices,

said form being mounted to shift axially during its rotation, and meansfor automatically producing the axial shift whereby said clenchblocksare successively presented to said staple forming and driving device.

5. .A stapling-machine, comprisingsuitable staple forming anddrivingdevices, a rotary form having a' truly circular circumference,said form being mounted to shift axially dur- 'ing its rotation andmeans for automatically producing the axial shift. 7

V 6. A machine for making band-like articles ai eslightly higher at twoopposite points than mittently-rotated form mounted to shift axiallyduring its rotation, and means for automatically producing the axialshift, said form being provided with an axially-adjustable handle and aplurality of pivoted arms forv throwing the completed article off theform. v

8. A stapling-machine, comprising staple forming and driving devices, anintermit-,

tently-rotated form provided with an axiallyadjustable handle, and meansoperated thereby for throwing the completed article off the form, and atilting guide for feeding the materials onto said form.

9. A stapling-machine, comprising suitable staple forming and drivingdevices, a rotary form mounted to shift axially during its rotation,-and a tilting guide for feeding the materials ontosaid form and meansfor automatically producing the axial shift.

10,. A stapling-machine comprising suitable staple forming and-drivingdevices, a rotary form, a stop-device adapted'and operative toautomatically and intermittently interrupt the rotation of said form,and a trip de* "vice adapted and operative .to automatically preventsaid stop. device'from releasing said. form immediately afterthe'd-riving of the last staples.

11. A stapling-machine, comprising suitablestaple formingand drivingdevices, a ro- I tary form, a driven member, a yielding andcontinuouslyacting frictional connection be'- tween said driven member,and the rotary ;form, and astop device for automatically andintermittently resisting and interrupting the rotary motionimparted'through said connection from said driven member to said form,

together with power-transmitting connections for operating said stopdevice at predetermined-intervals, whereby the work is given anintermittent feeding movement and is always stationary while beingactedon; a poweroperated automatic tri'p deviceadapted and.

operative to automatically prevent a continuance of said intermittentmotion after the final operation is performed by the machine'upon thework'or article, and-means for manually resetting the mechanism upon thesubstitution of fresh work forthe finished article; and

power-transmittingconnections, independent g of said continuously-actingfrictional connection, foroperating said trip device and meansforperforming successive fastening operations on the work,

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for performing successive fastening opera- 7 12. A stapling machine,comprising: suitable staple forming and driving devices,-a ro tary formadapted and operative to automatically shift axially during itsrotation, a driven member, a yielding and continuously-acting frictionalconnection between said driven member and said form, and a stop deviceerating said stop device at predetermined intervals, whereby the work isgiven an intermittent feeding movement and is always stationary whilebeing acted on; ,a power-operated-automatic trip device adapted andoperative toautomatically prevent a continuance ofsaid intermittentmotion after the final operationisperformed by the machine upon theWOIk; or article, and means for manually resetting the mechanism uponthe substitution of fresh work forthe I finished article; andpower-transmitting connections, independent of said continuously-actingfrictional connection, for operating said trip device and'means tions onthe work.

13. A stapling-machine, comprising suitable staple formingand drivingdevice's,.a rotary form'providd on its inner face with a cam-likesurface,=a roll mounted in stationary bearings and adapted to engagesaid cam-like surface, and thereby cause the form to automatically shiftaxially during its rotation, and

a pressure device for maintaining said form in contact with said roll.

14. Astapling-machinecomprising suitable staple forming and drivingdevices, a rotary form mounted to shift axially during its rotation,means for automatically producing the axial shift, a' spring heldpivoted guide for feeding the materials to said form, a driven member, ayielding frictional connection between said driven memberand said form,and a stop device adapted to automatically and in termittently interruptthe rotary motion imparted to said form through said connection from thedriven member. r

15. A stapling-machine, comprising a rotary Work-holder, a drivenmember, a yielding and continuously-acting frictional connectionbetweensaid rotary work-holder and said driven member, and a stop deviceadapted and operative to automatically resist and interrupt the rotarymovement imparted to said rotary work-holder through said connectionfrom said driven member, together with power-transmitting connectionsfor operating said step device at'predetermined intervals, whereby thework is given an intermittent feeding" movement and is always stationarywhile being acted on; a power-operated automatic trip device adapted andoperative to automatically prevent a continuance of said 5 intermittentmotion after the final operation is performed by the machine upon thework orarticle, and means for manually resetting the mechanism upon thesubstitution of fresh work for the finished article; and power-trans- 7mitting connections, independent of said continuously-acting frictionalconnection, for op erating said trip device and means for performingsuccessive fastening operations on the work.

- 16. A stapling-machine, comprising suitable staple forming and drivingdevices, an intermittentlyrotated form mounted to shift axially duringits rotation, means for producing the axial shift, said form beingprovided 30 with a pivot-hook having a spring adapting it to reach overand clamp the desired materials, upon the said form.

17. A stapling-machine, comprising a rotary form, said form beingprovided with a 5 pivoted hook composed of yieldingly-connect edsections, said hook being also provided with a spring, whereby the-hookmay-be distended; and employed for clampingtl ie'desired mate: "i rialsupon the said formgi; A 7 9 18. A stapling-machine, comprising suitablestaple forming and driviug devices, aform mounted to shift axiallyduring itsrotation, means including a roll and a cam-surface on the formforshifting the form in one direction, and means including a weight anda bellcrank-shaped leverfor shifting the form in the other direction.

1 9. A stapling-machine comprising a rotary form, suitable stapleforming and driving T00 mechanism, and power-operated means for causingrelative shift between the form and stapling mechanism in the directionof the axis of said form during the rotation of the form.

20. A machine comprising suitable means 5 for forming and drivingfastening devices, a rotary form for holding the work, a driven member,two frictional conne'ctio ns serving as transmitted through saidconnection, together with power-transmitting connections for.o'pcratingsaid stop device at predeterminet intervals, whereby the work is given'a'nj intermittent feeding movement and is always Si-Zt" tionary whilebeing acted on; a powenoper 5 ated automatic trip device adapted andoperative to automatically prevent a'continuanee of said intermittentmotion after the final op-- r of fresh work for the finishedarticleyandvIO power-transmitting connections,-independent of saidcontinuously-acting frictional connection, for operatlng said tripdevice and means for performing successive fastening opera tionsOILtl'lB Work. 21. A machine comprising suitablenieans for forming anddriving fastening .devices, suitable means for holding and feeding the.work, a driven member, a frictional connec tion' arranged as mediumof.'power.-transmitting connection between the said driven member andthe said means for holding and feeding the work, and a positive stopdevice for intermittently interrupting the movement of -said means,whereby-the continuous rotation of said driven member is converted intointermittent motion on the part of said means byintermittentlypresenting a positive resist'-' ance to the 'power transmitted throughsaid connection, together with power-transmitting connections foroperating'said stop device at predetermined intervals, whereby thework'is given an intermittent feeding movement and is always stationaryWhile being acted on:- a power-operated automatic trip deviceadapted andoperative to automatically prevent a con: tinuance of said intermittentmotion after the final operation is performed by the machine upon thework or article, and means for man u-.

ally resetting the mechanism upon the substitution of fresh work for thefinished article; and power-transmitting connections; independent ofsaid continuously-acting frictional connection, for operating'said tripdevice and means for performing successive fastening operations on thework. l

22. A machine for use in making baskets, comprising. suitable means forfor'rningand driving fastening devices,a rotary work-holding form, adriven member, and a'frictional connection serving as medium of powertran-smitting connection between said driven mefm her and the rotaryform, said connection comprising flat frictional surfaces clamped together with the proper degree ofpres'sure by adjustable set-screws,whereby the. continuous rotation of said driven member is converted intontermittent motion on the part of said form byintermittently presentinga positive resistance to the power transmitted through.

L said con nection, together with power-transmitting connectionsforoperating said stop device at predetermined intervals, whereby thework is given an intermittent feeding movementand is alwaysstationarywhile being acted on;. a

power-operated automatic trip device adapted and'operative toautomatically. prevent a'continuance of said intermittent motion afterthe final operationis performed by the machine. upon the Worker article,and means for mannally resetting the mechanism upon the Si-1 h stitutionof fresh work for the'finished article;

and power-transmitting connections, independentof said c ontinuously-aeting f rietional connection, for operating said'trip device andmeans for"performing successive f ening operations on .the work.

'23. A machine comprising :suitahlemeans f I forforming and drivingfastening'devices "a rotary form for holdingand feeding the work,

a driven member, a frictional connection ar- -ranged as medium ofpower-transmitting connection between said driven member and form, I anda positive step device for. intermittently 'f 1 interrupting therotation of said-form, wherebythe continuous rotationof's'aiddriven'memher is converted intointermitttent motion on the part.of said form y. intermittingly pre-. senting a positivezresistance tothe power transmitted through said'connectionf,- together withpower-transmitting connections'for op:

erating said stop deviceat predtermiudintervals, whereby the work isgivenan inter-' mittent feeding movement'and'is always stationary whilebeing actedon; a powerPoperated "automatic trip device: adaptedandop'erative to automatically preventa continuance of said intermittentmotionafter the finaloperation is'performed by the machine uponthe workor article, and vmeans for manually resetting the'mech'anism upon thesubstitution of fresh work for the finished article; and

power-transmitting connections, independent of said continuously-actingfrictional connecw tion, for'operating said trip device and means for.performing successive fastening opera: tions on the'work. I

24. In a machine of the character'd escrihed, 1

the. combination-of means for holding the work. means for d rivingfastening devices into the work, adriven member, a frictional powertransmitting connection, and a positive stop device adapted andoperative to intermittently offer a positive-resistance to the powertransmitted from said driven member through said connection to producerelative intermittent,

feeding-movement. on the part of said means for hold-ing the work andthe means for driving the fastening devices, together with means foroperating'said stop ,device at predetermined intervals; wherebythe Workand-means for'driving the fastening devices have the said relativefeeding movement andare always relatively'stationary 'when the workjisbeing acted on; zipoWer-operated automatic trip device adaptedandoperative to automatically prevent a continuance ofsaid intermittentmothe machine upon the work or article, and

means formanually resetting the mechanism u-ponthe substitution of freshWork for the finished article; and power transm'itting contion after thefinal operation is performed by.

trip device and means for performing successive fastening operations onwork. i

25. A machine for use in making baskets, comprising a rotatablebasket-form for the work, a power-driven member adapted for continuousrotation, and a frictional connection and a positive stop device adaptedand operative to convert the continuous rotation cles, comprising meansfor holding the work and'driving fastening devices in the same, adrive-shaft, two independent power-transmitting means extending betweensaid drive-shaft and the said means for holding the work and drivingfastening devices, and an'automatic positivestop device also operated byone of said power-transmitting means, the other powertransmitting meansincluding a driven shaft intermittently interrupted in its rotation bysaid stop device, amemberfixed to said. shaft, a pulleyloose on saidshaft};means for holding the pulley and member in tight frictionalconnection, and abelt connecting said pulley, with said drive-shaft.

27. A machine for use'in making receptacles, comprising means forholding the-work and driving fastening devices in the same,power-transmitting connections including a frictional connection and ashaft for operating one or more of the operative parts of said means, anautomatic positive stop device for intermittently interrupting therotation of said shaft, and connections independent of the work, andindependent ofthe said frictional connection, for operating said stopdevice, said frictional connection comprising one member fixed to saidshaft, another member loose on said shaft, and means for holding the twomembers in tight frictional connection.

28. In a machine for use in making baskets, endwise bodily-movable meansfor holding the work, power-transmitting connections including africtional connection, a positive stop device for intermittentlyinterrupting the motion communicated through said frictional connection,and connections independent of the work, and independent of the saidfrictional connection, for operating said stop device, said frictionalconnection comprising a shaft, a member loosely mounted on said shaft, amember fixed to said shaft, and means for holding said members in tightfrictional connection with each other.

29. 'In amachine for making baskets, and in combination with suitablemeans for holding the work and driving fastening devices in the same, africtional power-transmitting connection, a positive stop device forauto-- matically interrupting the motion transmitted through saidfrictional connection, and connections independent of the work, andindependent of said frictional connection, for operating said stopdevice, said frictional connections comprising a shaft, a member looseon said shaft, a member fixed to said shaft, and means for holding-saidmembers in tight frictional connection with' each other.

Signedby us at St. Joseph, Berrien county, Michigan, this 30th day ofOctober, 1903.

JOHN EKLUND. ENOS L. WALKER.

Witnesses:

O. 0. JORDAN, O. J. BQUMA.

